NOTE: The upload.py file was not created by me, but provided by YouTube. The rest of the project was written by me.
Uses a combination of Bash and Python to scrape videos from Reddit, combine them into one, then upload them to YouTube. A cronjob within the container does this every 24 hours, or whichever time interval provided, allowing for a fully automated YouTube channel that uploads unique videos daily.
Python scripts are used to create the video descriptions, which contain the titles and timestamps of the original Reddit posts.
DISCLAIMER: The author of this program holds no responsibility for what a user may choose to do with the script. I created this as a programming exercise. Proceed with caution, keeping YouTube and Reddit's Terms of Service in mind and be aware of potential deterrents that YouTube and/or Reddit may incur if you so choose to use this program irresponsibly.
Requires docker and docker-compose.
Ensure git is installed, then clone the git repo.
git clone https://github.com/ethmth/auto-youtuber.git
cd auto-youtuber/Copy the .env-sample file and call the copy .env.
cp .env-sample .envEdit the .env file based on the examples provided. You will need to create a Google account and configure an OAuth token to upload YouTube videos. More information can be found here.
nano .envTIME_ZONE=America/New_York
CONTAINER_NAME=yt-reddit-publicfreakout
SUBREDDIT=publicfreakout
CLIENT_ID=96538720639_dummy_youtube_client_id.googleapi.com # Dummy ID
CLIENT_SECRET=583230-86NOT-REAL8632932 # Dummy Secret
FREQUENCY=day
COUNT=10
TITLE=Reddit Public Freakout Compilation | <CREATION_DATE>
DESCRIPTION=Video Created on <CREATION_DATE>\\n\\nThe most epic videos from r/publicfreakout\\n\\nTimestamps:\\n\\n<TIMESTAMPS>
KEYWORDS=Reddit,Youtube
CATEGORY=24
PRIVACY_STATUS=public
BLUR_BACKGROUND=true
TIME_OF_DAY=22
DAY_OF_WEEK=5
DAY_OF_MONTH=30
IFTTT_KEY=6938936893NOTAREALKEY838368383 # Dummy Key
IFTTT_EVENT=youtube
CONTAINER_NAME is the name of the docker container to be run.
TIME_ZONE, FREQUENCY, TIME_OF_DAY, DAY_OF_WEEK, and DAY_OF_MONTH specify when and how often you want the container to scrape, create, and upload a video.
SUBREDDIT specifies the Subreddit to scrape videos from and COUNT specifies how many videos to scrape per video.
TITLE, DESCRIPTION, KEYWORDS,CATEGORY, and PRIVACY_STATUS refer to attributes of the video to be uploaded. For description formatting, notice that one must use \\n to specify a newline, and to insert dynamic values one must use <>. <TIMESTAMPS>, <CREATION_DATE> are two dynamic inserts currently implemented.
BLUR_BACKGROUND determines whether the FFmpeg video editor leaves vertical black bars for vertical videos or creates a blurred mosaic effect.
IFTTT_KEY and IFTTT_EVENT are arguments that allow for IFTTT integration. If a valid webhook key and event are provided, the event will be triggered if YouTube needs you to log in to authenticate an upload.
While in the repo directory, run the Auto-YouTuber in the background using docker compose.
docker-compose up -d(Stop the background container by entering the repo directory and running docker-compose stop)
The docker container will run, scraping the target Subreddit for videos every so often, depending on the time interval values you provide. It will create a video, then upload it to YouTube. It will repeat this process on the target time on every target time interval until the docker container is stopped.
- BUG: Last timestamp is occasionally cut off from description
- YouTube does not auto-split your video for timestamp intervals shorter than 10 seconds. Make timestamps work for these sections by instating a 10-second minimum interval.
- Improve video quality and resolution using different FFmpeg settings.
- Customize timestamps to include Subreddit, Reddit post title, or both, not just the Reddit post title.
- Make it so one can insert custom clips before, after, or in the middle of a video.